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Winter

from Ensō by Metaeaux

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Ensō is the japanese word for circle. It symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void. In Zen Buddhist painting, ensō symbolizes the moment when the mind is free to let the body and spirit create.

But the meaning for me goes beyond that. It encapsulates cyclical behaviour, like the moon phases, solar cycles and the passing of the seasons. It also represents the circles of our friendships -- the multilevel nested venn diagrams that describe our connections to one another.

This album is a journey through a year of my life. It captures one of the most profoundly sentimental years I have ever had in my mere 27 years on this planet. I have gained many new friends and been welcomed into a caring community of like-minded people. All of this was made possible by a lovely girl whose smile and temperament have been shining like a beacon to me, compelling me to open up and trust others and celebrate the concept of community. This album is my gift to her on her birthday. 27 tracks for 27 years of her life. 3^3, for 3 is her favourite number. Happy birthday Maddy! I love you!

Ensō is intended to capture existence beyond what is merely personal and communal. It describes the environment in which these things thrive. The environment which gives us everything -- the fabric of matter and energy that underlies all that we can experience, and creates endless forms for us to marvel at and admire.

The complexity of the environment is one of the most profoundly beautiful aspects of our experience as sentient beings. It urges us to seek to understand, and it humbles us as we dig to deeper depths of detail and meaning. Whilst we stand on the shoulders of giants, we appear as a mere blip on the scale of what can be known and understood in the universe. For it is understood that information is data about data, knowledge is information about information and wisdom is knowledge about knowledge: what then, is wisdom about wisdom?

It is my hope that ensō can contribute to the environment and help it thrive. The largest living structure on our only habitable planet urgently needs our help: the Great Barrier Reef is under threat of rapid industrialization. I will contribute all sales of this album to help save the reef:
- 50% of sales will be donated to the Fight for the Reef campaign by the Australian Marine Conservation Society to help protect the Great Barrier Reef for us and for future generations.
- 35% will be used to license marine photography and produce beautiful t-shirts using all-over dye-sublimation printing to help spread awareness of the reef and raise more funds for the Fight for the Reef campaign.
- 15% will go to bandcamp.

Finally, I'd just like to share my paraphrase of a Nietzsche quote:
"And if you smile into the moon, the moon also smiles into you."
We decide what we want to project into the world. Let's build an amazing future. Through hardship to the stars! ^_^

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from Ensō, released October 3, 2013

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Metaeaux Sydney, Australia

Digitally processed analogue sound, glitchy beats and melodies abound, meadows of metaeaux's and fellows be found. This sort of music is my kind of sound.

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